Martin Luther King Jr.’s mugshot when he was arrested in Birmingham in 1963. Birmingham was a key proving ground for Martin Luther King Jr. He led some of the crucial protests here, was jailed here ...

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President Donald Trump. (Source: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-2.0 After Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, news organizations benefitted from a “Trump bump” in ratings and ...

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Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to Change the South. Donate today to help Birmingham stay informed. Federal officials on Tuesday announced that the Birmingham ...

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